[Fwd: [ geneontology-Curator requests-929957 ] vivipary]

[Pankaj Jaiswal]

Hi Everyone,

I though that some people from the plant community may be interested in 
the discussion on adding a new term VIVIPARY (and its instances ??) in 
the Gene Ontology.

Please follow the link below on the discussion
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=440764&aid=929957&group_id=36855

A couple of questions are:

#1 whether we need the two instances of a generic term VIVIPARY

vegetative vivipary (sensu Magnoliophyta)
non-vegetative vivipary (sensu Magnoliophyta)


#2 Is there anything called as vegetative vivipary.


BY definition, in cereal plants or elsewhere, vivipary is defined as

"A process promoting the germination of embryos while still attached to 
the mother plant. "

-Pankaj